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• Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company. -- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld
• Flattery is a sort of bad money, to which our vanity gives currency. -- La Rochefoucauld
• It is far easier to be wise for others than to be so for oneself. -- La Rochefoucauld
• It is far easier to know men than to know man. -- La Rochefoucauld
• Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 218...
• The veracity which increases with old age is not far from folly.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 416...
• The greatest fault of a penetrating wit is to go beyond the mark.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 377...
• Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 496...
• There are few people who would not be ashamed of being loved when they love no longer.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 71...